Technical issues Malfunctioning wires The power sporadically Comes, then expires As quick as the rains In cascades upon town Serenade me to sleep As they crash all around And depart to the chirping Of crickets in thickets Of dense foliage As the canopy glistens Bejeweled in the dewsβ Opalescent sun rays As the colobus leap To and fro as they play On display is a wilderness Otherworld bliss And the people as natural Components subsist Off the land that has nourished them Centuries old Now a part of their story Mine set to unfold